Program Manager – Adobe.com

Our Company

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone—from emerging artists to global brands—everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! We’re passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.

We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours!

The Opportunity

• Responsible for projects from initiation through delivery including planning and maintaining schedules and tracking budget/spending
• Manage the development and implementation process for Adobe.com products and services, focusing on SEO initiatives and others as assigned
• Coordinate departmental or cross-functional teams, focused on delivering new or upgrading existing products
• Lead cross-functional activities and teams, ensuring completion of high-quality projects on time and within budget

What you'll Do

• Assist Engineering Managers with resource assessment and release planning
• Work closely with Product Managers and SEO Managers to develop detailed, cross-team project or program plans that take into account all requirements, constraints, resources, and results associated with defined objectives; report on roadmap progress at all levels
• Continually evaluate existing processes and procedures and drive improvements
• Aggregate, organize, and synthesize program and project information in order to communicate with extended team and management
• Analyze scope needed to achieve program goals, assess resource requirements; lead change control
• Clearly communicate goals, roles, responsibilities, and desired program outcomes
• Track dependencies of SEO content development and optimization work, including workspace set up, ticket creation and monitoring, assembling requirements and coordinating with the geos to localize and publish content
• Deliver clear status communication to project teams, partners, and leadership teams
• Drive tactical decisions for projects that are under your direct responsibility
• Establish credibility with peers and be a driving force for change when needed
• Engage with regional teams for international deployment of capabilities and content
• Perform risk management: identify, analyze, respond, and control risks, resolve project-specific issues and partner concerns in a timely manner
• Coordinate and run operational, project, and executive check-in meetings
• Proactively drive program execution and associated scope, timeline and resources with minimal guidance

What you need to succeed

• Experience working on/with a marketing team in a flexible and adaptive way to support ongoing priority and project shifts
• Hands on experience with Agile & project management methodologies with confirmed leadership capabilities
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Excellent business partner management and presentation skills
• Understanding of SEO terminology and standard methodologies
• Knowledge and experience with Microsoft Excel, Project, SharePoint, JIRA, and Wiki
• Proven understanding of Web technologies, including web content management systems (specific Adobe Experience Manager experience a plus)
• Minimum of 5 years of program/project management experience preferably with large enterprise web projects

Desired Traits

• Articulate – Ability to work well with both technical and non-technical individuals up and down the org, capable of absorbing large amounts of information and the ability to distill it down to the essentials
• Organized – A planner who brings order and resolve to a fast-paced environment with matrixed organizations
• Quality – Attention to detail and a proven track record of successful delivery of complex global projects
• Creative – Exhibiting an innovative, forward-thinking approach to problem-solving
• Flexible – Ability to juggle several projects and shift priorities as needed
• High EQ – Ability to stay calm and collected, focus on solving problems. Strong communication, risk management and resolution skills. Ability to respectfully facilitate the successful resolution of issues
• Driver – Take charge. Get things done. Proven track record in operating effectively and autonomously

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several  U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $96,400 -- $179,000 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans. Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

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